Liverpool lag in fight for global fan supremacy as TV row grows

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Manchester United have nearly five times as many overseas supporters as LiverpoolGetty Images

Ashling O’ConnorSports News Correspondent

Last updated at 12:01AM, October 13 2011

Liverpool are the fourth most popular English team abroad behind Manchester
United, Chelsea and Arsenal and the seventh most followed in Europe,
according to the unpublished part of a global fan survey released yesterday.

A confidential club-by-club analysis obtained by The Times shows that United
have nearly five times as many overseas supporters as Liverpool and more
than twice the figure for the next popular club.

The Barclays Premier League champions command a following of 354 million,
ahead of Chelsea’s 135 million and Arsenal’s 113 million according to
research by the Sport+Markt business consultancy. Liverpool’s foreign
supporter base of 71